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A surge in the swarm robotics sector is on the horizon, with projections suggesting an impressive leap in market value from $0.8 billion in 2023 to a staggering $3.0 billion by 2028, marking a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30.9%. This is according to the latest report titled “Swarm Robotics Market by Platform (UAV, UGV), Application, End-Use Industry and Region – Global Forecast to 2028,” released by ResearchAndMarkets.com.

Miniaturization is progressing rapidly in just any field and the trend towards the creation of ever smaller units is also prevalent in the world of robot technology. In the future, minuscule robots used in medical and pharmaceutical applications might be able to transport medication to targeted sites in the body. A team of researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has taken a new approach to the issue by analyzing a group of robots and how they behave as collectives of motile units based on the model of active Brownian particles.

MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that enables drones to avoid collisions while working together in the same airspace. The system, known as Robust MADER, is an improved version of the Multiagent Trajectory-Planner, or MADER, which was presented by MIT researchers in 2020.

OffWorld, provider of AI-powered industrial Swarm Robotic Mining systems, has started selling a new line of robot species, built for surveying environments (on the surface and deep underground), performing precision excavation, and collecting, hauling, and processing material. The company aims for swarm robotics in mining to improve customer productivity and cost efficiency.

AGILOX has added ODM, an autonomous dolly mover, to its range of intelligent transport systems controlled by swarm intelligence. AGILOX is thus targeting a completely new area of application: the transport of small load carriers.

When it comes to robots, bigger isn’t always better. Someday, a swarm of insect-sized robots might pollinate a field of crops or search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building.

Elbit Systems has demonstrated to the RAS Concept Development & Experimentation Program of the Royal Netherlands Army the Company’s Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms.